MEXICO CITY – Parents of the 43 missing Mexican students have refused to believe that their children were killed and incinerated in a garbage dumpster, vowing to carry out protests demanding they be returned alive.On Monday, the parents traveled to the home of Ezequiel Mora Chora, the father of Alexander Mora Venancio, one of the missing students whose remains were positively identified by an Austrian laboratory.
Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo confirmed that the DNA taken from one of the 17 charred skeletal remains recovered from the site where the students’ bodies were reportedly burned was that of Alexander.
Murillo said that the positive DNA identification, coupled with other evidence and statements by the accused, could help reinforce a faithful reconstruction of the incident.
According to the attorney general’s office, the 43 students from Ayotzinapa teacher training school were detained by local police on Sept. 26 following a violent altercation.
Police handed the students over to members of the Guerreros Unidos crime who killed them, burned the bodies and disposed of the remains.
But the parents refuse to believe the story and are demanding the return of their children alive.
Parents’ spokesperson Felipe de la Cruz said that Alexander’s remains were planted and the authorities know where they came from.
De la Cruz warned that the parents will take strong and decisive actions, including staging highway blockades if their demands are not met.
The parents will continue pushing their demands because they believe the investigations carried out by the authorities have been insufficient and have inconsistencies, Human Rights Center director Abel Barrera told Efe.
They also want those who were reportedly involved in the incident, such as local security officials, to be tracked down and arrested, and investigations opened into the possible involvement of the former governor of Guerrero state where the deaths occurred.
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